The Ghana Police Service has announced the interception of a large consignment of suspected prohibited drugs by officers of the Ashanti South Regional Command. According to a statement posted on the Service’s official X (formerly Twitter) handle, personnel at the Tweapease Police barrier on the Obuasi–Dunkwa highway seized the drugs on February 13, 2026, during […] The post Bus

The bodies of seven Ghanaian traders who were killed in a terrorist attack in Titao, northern Burkina Faso, have been laid to rest as the Government of Ghana steps up efforts to evacuate surviving victims. Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, disclosed this in an interview on JOY FM’s Super Morning Show on Monday, February […] The post Seven Ghanaian Traders

Tension is mounting at Akplabanya in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region, following the visitation of terror on construction workers by a group of hooded men suspected to be land guards. The attackers severely assaulted the workers, robbed them of their money and mobile phones, damaged a vehicle and a polytank at the […] The post Land Guards On

Cocoa-growing communities across Ghana are grappling with disbelief and anxiety following the government’s decision to reduce the producer price of cocoa beans in the middle of the crop season, an action many farmers say is unprecedented. In an announcement on February 12, 2026 the Producer Price Review Committee (PPRC) revealed that the farmgate price for […] The post Cocoa Farmers Unhappy

Ghana’s Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) has signalled a strategic expansion of its mandate beyond royalty collection within the country, aiming to pursue regional co-investment initiatives and position itself more prominently within the sovereign wealth landscape in the sub-region. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Fund, Mrs Justina Nelson, said MIIF was recalibrating its […] The post MIIF

The Ghana Police Service has dismantled an alleged organised cybercrime and kidnapping ring operating from Devtraco Estate in Tema Community 25, arresting two suspects and rescuing 10 victims in a coordinated intelligence-led operation. The suspects, identified as Robinson Endurance and Derrick Glory, were apprehended on February 2, 2026, following what police described as actionable intelligence […] The post Police

A desperate rush for petrol turned catastrophic on Saturday at Ntoaso on the Accra–Kumasi Highway near Nsawam, when a broken-down fuel tanker exploded into a raging fireball, killing three people, injuring 20 others, and destroying seven vehicles. According to eyewitness accounts and emergency responders at the scene, the tanker developed a mechanical fault and came […] The post Fuel

The Court of Appeal in Kumasi has, by a unanimous 3-0 decision, upheld an appeal by Professor Rexford Assasie Oppong to overturn a Kumasi High Court judgment of January 15, 2025 against him. The Appeal Court, comprising Justices Patrick Kwamina Baiden (Presiding), Richard Mac Kogyapwah and John Bobsco Nabarese, thus set aside the judgment of the […] The post Court of Appeal

The controversy surrounding a man, identifying himself as “Yaytseslav”, a self-styled Russian content creator whose videos of encounters with Ghanaian women have gone viral, is more than a fleeting social media scandal. It is a sobering test of Ghana’s values, its laws and the collective conscience of a society negotiating life in the digital age […] The post Editorial: Privacy,

The Government of Ghana has officially reduced the cocoa producer price from GHS 3,600 to GHS 2,587 per bag.  Let us call this what it is: a betrayal. During the 2024 election campaign, the NDC stood before cocoa farmers and promised GHS 6,000 per bag. That promise was not whispered. It was broadcast. It was […] The post NDC Lied to Our Precious Cocoa Farmers appeared first on The